Acetaminophcn has greater antipyretic efficacy than aspirin in endotoxemia: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Pernerstorfer, Thomas ^a   Schmid, Rainer ^a   Bieglmayer, Christian ^a   Eichler, Hans Georg ^a   Kapiotis, Stylianos ^a   Jilma, Bernd ^a,b  

^a TARGET   (Austria)

^b Adhesion Res Grp Elaborating T   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASPIRIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEVER; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0032586979     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9236(99)70053-6     Document Type: Article

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